Douglas R. Palmer, CPA

Owner/Partner

Doug founded Palmer Financial, LLC over a decade ago. The mission was simple: provide great outsourced accounting and financial services to growing organizations in the Washington, DC area

For over two decades, Doug has been a CPA and CFO serving large and small organizations both domestically and abroad. He has been in private sector CFO, Controller and Accounting roles and spent a number of years at a “Big Four” public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Doug oversees and serves the firm’s client base of corporate and non-profit organizations.

Doug is a graduate of the University of Maryland and, over the years, has been involved in sponsoring and mentoring various entrepreneurship programs. He serves on select boards and is the chairman of St. John’s Community Services Foundation, one of the oldest charities in Washington, DC.

Adam J. Friedman, CPA

Tax Partner

Adam is a licensed and practicing CPA. For almost two decades, Adam has served corporate and non-profit clients in dealing with complex tax issues.

In the corporate and non-profit tax sector, he has been involved with many aspects of tax return preparation, filings and agency follow-up work. He has also advised numerous clients on a wide variety of tax strategy issues.

Adam is a graduate of the University of Maryland. He too holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Maryland.

Brad Yochum, MBA

Senior Director, Nonprofit Accounting

Brad Yochum holds an MBA in Accounting with over two decades of finance and accounting experience. For almost a decade, Brad has both served non-profit and corporate clients in dealing with their overall finance and accounting needs and sometimes complex accounting/finance requirements. He also has served as an accounting and finance professor at Baker College.

In the private sector, Brad served in Controller/CFO roles. This experience was invaluable and led to the eventual start of his own firm serving clients as a virtual CFO/Controller.

Brad is a graduate of California State University Fullerton (BA Finance) and Baker College (MBA Accounting). Brad is most thankful for the relationships he has built with his clients.

Holly Scott Atallah

Director

Holly has been working in the finance and accounting sector for almost two decades. She began her career in investment banking where she worked on M&A and capital raises for large corporations in New York City.

After moving to the Washington, DC area, Holly began to focus on corporate development and capital raises for an investment bank where she worked closely with smaller to mid-sized growth companies.

Holly now serves as an outsourced CFO and engagement manager to small and mid-sized companies in both the public and private sector.

Holly received a BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where she majored in finance and management.